LETTER: Hiring of firefighters ignores budget limits

I read where the commission decided to hire 12 new full-time firefighters. This action, taken on the heels of another property tax increase and talk of a $10 fire tax after the grant money runs out is outrageous.

Does anyone remember the temporary $10 wheel tax to pay for Oakland School? It is now $50 and will only grow. The commission needs to remember that the strong growth of this region is a great "right to work" work force and low taxes.

They need to work on reducing taxes. One half of the debt of the bankrupt city of Detroit is money owed to government workers' pensions and health care. It is time our county and city employees, including teachers, join the workers in the private sector and start an IRA savings plan and have an even cost share of health insurance. It is also time to get our house in order.

We don't ever want to be in the same dire condition as other cities, states and countries. The commissioners must realize the taxpayers of Rutherford County are not a bottomless pit of money. I hope when it is time for new elections, this newspaper publishes the voting records on key issues of the commission and other people that spend the tax-paying citizens' money.

Dennis P. Milnar

Rambush Drive

Murfreesboro

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LETTER: Hiring of firefighters ignores budget limits

I read where the commission decided to hire 12 new full-time firefighters. This action, taken on the heels of another property tax increase and talk of a $10 fire tax after the grant money runs out